Fastener for covers of crates.



J. S. SNODGRASS & l. B. CARTER.

FASTENER FOR COVERS 0F CRATES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3o. I9I4.

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rrp srafrns JAMES S. SNODGRASS AND JAMES B. CARTER, OF EMINENGE, KENTUCKY.

FAS'IENER FOB. COVERS OF CRATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A110. 24, 1915.

Application iled November 30, 1914. Serial No. 874,777.

T0 @ZZ y107mm it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES S. SNoDenAss and Jamas B. CARTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Eminence. in the county of Henry and State of lientiicky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Covers of Crates; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrii'ition of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to fasteners for covers of crates such as are adapted to contain eggs and the like for shipment.

The object of the invention is to provide simple, durable and convenient locking means for such crates, which locking means may not be released without detection.

lVith this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

An approved embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters mark the same parts in all of the figures, and in which-a Figuie l represents in elevation, the front of the crate, closed, locked and sealed; Fig. 2, a section on the plane indicated by the broken line Q-- of Fig. l; and Fig. 3, the rear of the crate in elevation, showing the hinges.

In the drawings, l indicates the crate having a lid 2, provided at its front and rear with strips 3 depending over the top edges of the sides et of the crate. The crate has strips 5 across the front and back faces ofthe same thickness as the strips 3 of the lid. but spaced below said strips 3 to allow of the space G therebetween. The usual par` titions 7 are formed in the crate, assisting in transversely supporting the lid 2. Tn' ther rear space G, suitable eye screws S are positioned in strip 5, while suitable screw hooks 9 are mounted in the strip 3 adapted to register' with the eye screws S so that their hooks may be engaged in the eye portions of the screws 8 to form detachable hinges, whereby the lid 2 may firstbe opened and then removed. The front strip 3 has suitably positioned therein, eye screws 10 and closely adjacent thereto are the eye screws ll which are mounted in the front strips 5 so that the eye portions will register when the lid is closed. A locking rod 12 is then passed through the eye screws 10 and l1 to lock said cover closed. @ne end of the icelring rod l2 is bent at a right angle as at i3 which is turned downward into a groove it so that said locking rod will be retained against longitudinal displacement. To insure the retention of the angular portion 13 in the groove l-ft, a seal l5 is pasted or otherwise suitably fastened upon the face of the front strip 5 and across the groove llt. This seal likewise serves to show the address or destination of the crate when in shipment and also acts as an indicator to show whether the crate has been forcibly opened as it would be impossible to raise the angular portion 1B without breaking the seal.

The form herein shown and described is a preferred embodiment of the invention, but such alterations and variations may be made therein as will not depart from the spirit ef the invention nor the scope of the claim.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is :-4

crate provided with a horizontal strip secured upon the front thereof below the upper edge, and provided with a vertical groove in the face thereof, a lid provided with a strip upon its front edge depending over the front of the crate when the lid is closed, leaving a space between the two strips, eye screws depending from the cover' into said space, eye screws set in the upper edge of the body strip projecting also into said. space with the eyes of all of the screws registering, a locking rod adapted to pass through the eyes of. the screws and provided with an end bent at an angle to cause it to seat in the groove of the body strip when turned down, and a seal pasted over the groeve to secure the angular end of the locking rod therein.

Tn testimony whereof we have signed our Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

